I’ve always removed the lids on seed trays when the newly emerged seedlings are five days old and sprayed them daily thereafter. What do you with mixed species/varieties which germinate at different times? Keep the lids on until they have all germinated? I’d be grateful for advice thanks. I use the...

Hi Spen You'll be very welcome at Sheffield branch; our first meeting of the year is in a week's time, Friday 12th. Full details on the Sheffield Branch website events page . No admission charge. There will be plants for sale. We have a non-competitive table show each month, with 2 categories, first...

You’ve done a great job Terry. Thank you so much. I'll second Mike's response. Proof that great Mike's think alike, perhaps? :wink: Regarding the third place in the Novice succulent class, I spoke to the owner and her mother, the plant which does look like Conophytum (not Gibbaeum) regale, should n...

edds wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:53 am Very nice! Though I prefer Haworthia longjohnsilveria!!!

But under copyright, so only pirated copies available

At Harlow Carr, the organisers had a job fitting everything in. The show was spread over 2 different rooms, so that didn't help, and it turned out that the available table space was less than ideal, so plants were a bit squashed together. There are bound to be glitches for the first time at a new ve...

The Dudleya was 2nd in class 32 after the Pachyphytum oviferum; the 1st in class 31 was the Crassula tecta which is just visible at the bottom edge of the class 31 Dudleya photo. So the plant was in the correct class, just a glitch with the photo. I'll second Mat's comment: I should add, that a sing...

Herts Mike wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:53 am Some of these growers must have huge greenhouses.

My Opuntias live in a cold frame, because there's no room in the greenhouse.

ralphrmartin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:52 pm Perhaps that's because of its tendency to send out underground runners?

I think that's right, Ralph. In a pot the shoots go round and round the inside of the pot, or attempt to get out of the drainage holes.

Looks happy, Mike, a lot of new growth
It does prefer a wide bowl rather than a narrower pot, doesn't it?

I'd agree about just being patient for offsets. At that size, they're very likely to come next year.

Try rooting individual flower stem leaves/bracts from Sedum suaveolens, rather than the flower stem itself. I haven't tried this with suaveolens, but it works well with some Echeverias.